UH-1 Fighting Butler fire in Big Bear Lake California. 9/15

[mountfields]

seen this done in Italy ,with a "bag" ?? seemed a quicker turn around time?? take care lads..

[n00b0wn3rzz]

wow, looks pretty cool :D

[51ENGINE51]

HEY YOUR SCAREN THE FISH AWAY HAHA

[nutterbudder3000]

i lived up there when that happend...

[narutosasukesakura1]

dude that scred the shit outa me i thot we were going 2 burn i was in fawnskin when this happend i sucked i was alone 4 an hour when the hele said get the hell outa here i could see the yellow glow of the flames i never want 2 experince that shit again

[Somethinzfishy]

Ok now thats a job !

[DMFK1981]

Skill. A lot of it.

[MadPeanut72]

i live in big bear and let me tell you, that was the scarest shit i ever saw. half of the sky was covered in a orange black smoke. that was not fun.

[89k2500]

while you were taping the chopper, do you remember being told to move your car, ya we were the ones parked with the caltrans truck and chp suv at the roadblock. ya, come see me next time maybe i can get ya a ride.

[oakfox1981]

danforth-johnson, pull flank.. watch out for charlie up in the trees!!!

[AtterseeSommer]

what's the chopper doing on the water?

[GraniteMts]

Hi. It dwaws water through the dangling hose into a tank located between the landing skids.

[narutosasukesakura1]

getting water 2 put on the fire its using a hose 2 daraw water

[paulsive62]

Good luck guys! Be safe up there!

[GraniteMts]

Thanks. Things are looking better.